The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-15
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Fun for the Children-The Constitution
Training School for Boys and Girls.
A Child's Question.

As sat in railroad car one day,
heard little girl not far away
say, as she looked through the window-pnne,
Mamma oh! mamma, is that susarcane?'
Mamma glanced out with careless air,
And said 10 the little maid so fair
mo, no, my dear, that is corn
Then the little girl thought of the Juices sweet and
looked indeed forlorn.
Soon She said in very great haste
But with such Il childlke, winsome grace.
AS she peeTed at the cora from the window-pane,
when it grows, will it the n be sugalc lne?"
Mamma laughed softly and shook her head, "no,"
And the fair little girl soon forgot her woe,
But thought lesson we might gain
From this simple story of the sugarcane.
five, now, are cross and scold and fret
We cannot expect when we older get,
To be kind aud pleasant aid give no one pain;
ANY more than can corn grow TO sugarcane.
What kind Of q tree was the oak when small?
An oak tree. of course, It's known by all,
Then boys and girls, to be good when grown,
Now Is the time the seeds must be sown.
We must be loving and kind each day,
10 every one, whether young or gay,
And, at last, for doing so well,
God will take us with Him to dwell
Calhoun, Ca MAMIE L. PITTs
DEAR CHILDREN: Some time ago I re-
ceived letter from one of my boys that have
wanted to tell you about, but have had so
much other work that 1 have put it off until
now. I was so pleased with the letter that
would have liked to publish it, but was request
ed not to do SO. 1t was written to me private
ly to make suggestion, that if adopted would
result in great benefit to all. My little friend
said that nearly all the children's letters were
personal and that he thought it would be best
instead of telling so much about themselves
that each one should discuss historical SUBJ
Ject. For instance, take the character of Ma
poleon, and each one tell something of his
birth, life, victories, downfall, etc. OF course
this is meant Tor the older children from
twelve to fifteen; the little ones must write
just what they want, for we must have variety.
Now any of you that wish to adopt this sug-
gestion can do so, but there must be one under
standing, Short conscise letters only one page
letter paper; express what you have to say i'll
as few words as possible When we finish
with Napoleon we will take another character;
this will make each one of you study and try
to learn something of each character we dis
cuss, and you will thank my little friend as
do for the suggestion. Tho last few days of
cold weather made me think of something
read the other day that thought would inter-
est you. 1t was how milk was sold in Siberia
Ii is awfully cold there and in the winter time
they sell q chunk of milk instead of quart
They buy their milk frozen; tits allowed to
freeze about stick which comes as handle
to carry it with. The milk man leaves ono
chunk or two chunks, as the customer may
want, SO the children there instead of crying
for drink of milk, cry for q bite of milk.
Now that seems queer to us; they say, "be
careful not to break the milk" in place of 'be
careful not to spill the milk" Well, think
frozen milk with sugar and some nice essence
over it is very good to eat now and then, but
would get tired of seeing it frozen hard for
months at a time. Now won't some one write
and tell me where Siberia is and all you know
about it? ''AUNr SUSIE"